What if I told you that confidence has nothing to do with feeling ready and everything to do with doing it scared?

I have built multiple businesses. I've led massive teams. I've been on stages terrified out of my mind and somehow I'm still standing.

So if you've ever wondered how to stay calm in a situation or how to stop overthinking or how to build real confidence, here how. I am here to tell you how to actually

build confidence. Most people have it backwards. Confidence is the output, not the input. A lot of

people ask me, Layla, how do I build confidence? And I get it because it's just like, everyone's

like, oh, believe in yourself. You just need to believe in yourself. And they think that you need to

write these affirmations on the bathroom mirror every morning. And listen, that's what I did when I was in my

early 20s. I literally did this. I had it written on my mirror. It was like, I am beautiful. I am

strong. I am capable. I am confident. And guess what? Nothing changed. It didn't do anything. Having those things written on my mirror didn't do jack

for how I felt the rest of my day. And the reason for that is because confidence comes from action.

And that's why I say so often, fuck your mood, follow the plan. Because if you keep the promises

that you make to yourself, especially when you don't feel like doing it, that's the input that leads to the output

of confidence. And that's what most people miss. They're so busy chasing the result. It's like,

if you think about it, if somebody's like, I really just want to be skinny, right? And so all they do

is just like thinking about being skinny, wishing they could be skinny. but you're like, just get in the gym. Get in the gym. Do the workout.

Eat the food. You can't just wish for it. You have to work for it. So I'll give you an example.

At the age of 21, I moved across the country. I had no job. I had no money and I had no clue

what the hell I was doing. I certainly had no confidence in myself. And I wasn't confident in my ability to pull it off. And so what I did is I said,

okay, I'm at least going to put together a plan. So what I did is I moved to California. I got an

apartment and then I looked for every place that I could work, which was a gym because I had my degree

in exercise science, within walking distance. And I had to do walking distance because I was like, I can't afford to pay for too much gas because I don't have money.

And so I ended up getting a job at 24 hour fitness.

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